'CrashFix' Scam Crashes Browsers, Delivers Malware
The attack consists of a NexShield malicious browser extension, a social engineering technique to crash the browser, and a Python-based RAT.
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The attack consists of a NexShield malicious browser extension, a social engineering technique to crash the browser, and a Python-based RAT.
Users Download Malware in Bid to Placate MetaA newly surfaced FileFix social engineering campaign puts a new spin on ClickFix attacks by goading users into loading malware under the guise of reporting a wrongful account suspension to social media giant Facebook. Victims likely get sucked into the scam by following a link from a phishing email.
A combination of propagation methods, narrative sophistication, and evasion techniques enabled the social engineering tactic known as ClickFix to take off the way it did over the past year, according to new findings from Guardio Labs
A recent social engineering campaign targeted job seekers in the Web3 space with fake job interviews through a malicious "GrassCall" meeting app that installs information-stealing malware to steal cryptocurrency wallets. [...]
The North Korea-linked threat actor known as Sapphire Sleet is estimated to have stolen more than $10 million worth of cryptocurrency as part of social engineering campaigns orchestrated over a six-month period
A pervasive ClearFake campaign targeting Windows systems with Atomic Stealer has expanded its social engineering scams to MacOS users, analysts warn.